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Prospecto de la apertura de un canal navegable de México a Chalco, via del Peñon-viejo, Ayotla y Santa Barbara para barcas tiradas por caballos.

Author(s): 
Rubio, Cayetano, 1791-1876.
Author(s): 
Barreiro, Luis G.
Author(s): 
Acosta, Benito Leon.
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Keywords: 
Broadsides Canals history Mexico Mexico City Public Works

Participo a la superioridad de v.e., como a mi regreso a esta villa, imbesti unos trece dias entre las montanas . . . .

Author(s): 
Garcia Conde, Diego
Author(s): 
Lazon, Juan (Teniente)
Author(s): 
Cardena y Gallardo, Jose Maria
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
07-11-1805
Documentation: 
Various. July 11, 1805 to May 30, 1807. 36p. Letters, informes. Signed.
Keywords: 
Architecture (Civil) Architecture (Construction) Civil Offices Fiscal Affairs Municipal Finance Public Works Pulque Taxes Transportation (Routes)
General Subjects: 
Architecture Economics

Guadalaxara -- en carta numero 165 de 26 de noviembre de 1803 dio cuenta . . . .

Author(s): 
Sanchez Lenero, Miguel
Author(s): 
Monasterio, Jose de
Author(s): 
Abascalo, Joseph Fernando
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
12-16-1803
Documentation: 
Various. December 16, 1803 to April 25, 1809. 56p. Letters, informes. Signed.
Keywords: 
Architecture (Civil) Architecture (Construction) Architecture (Religious) Fiscal Affairs Municipal Finance Public Works Transportation (Carriages) Water Supply And Irrigation
General Subjects: 
Architecture Economics

En el recurso de don Antonio de Chaves . . . .

Author(s): 
Castellanos, Ignacio
Author(s): 
Otadla Urruchi, Jose de
Author(s): 
Cruz, Juan Pablo de la
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
07-03-1798
Documentation: 
Antequera, balvanera. July 3, 1798 to December 16, 1808. 50p. Letters, informes. Mostly unsigned.
Keywords: 
Architecture (Civil) Convents Land (Litigation) Municipal Finance Public Works Taxes Transportation (Carriages)
General Subjects: 
Architecture Legal

El comandante de la Columna de cazadores en representacion de 6 de noviembre de 1801 . . . .

Author(s): 
Pico, Leon Ignacio
Author(s): 
Bassoco, Antonio de
Author(s): 
Peza y Casas, Ignacio Jose de la
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
05-10-1790
Documentation: 
Mexico City, others. May 10, 1790 to October 26, 1806. 32p. Letters, informes. Signed.
Keywords: 
Civil Offices (Corruption) Convents Crimes (Embezzlement) Public Works Water Supply And Irrigation
General Subjects: 
Architecture

Por el testimonio que paso a las superiores manos de v.e. se impondia su justificasion de las providencias que he dictado en el expediente formado sobre la innundasion del camino . . . .

Author(s): 
Mier y Trespalacios, Cosme de (Caballero)
Author(s): 
Vega, Juan Vizente de
Author(s): 
Fernandez de los Rios, Manuel
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
08-18-1794
Documentation: 
Tlaxcala, tamiagua, others. August 18, 1794 to October 16, 1806. Letters, informes. Signed.
Keywords: 
Architecture (Civil) Disasters Disasters (Floods) Fiscal Affairs Harvests Indians (Relations) Jails Municipal Finance Poverty Public Works
General Subjects: 
Agriculture Architecture Ethnography

Fragmentary documents concerning public works around Mexico City.

Author(s): 
Torre, Francisco Antonio de la
Author(s): 
Zepeda, Mariano de
Author(s): 
Hernandez de Alva, Lorenzo
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
04-24-1799
Documentation: 
Mexico City. Apr 24, 1799 to June 5, 1805. 58p. Letters. Signed. Accusing facio of breaking some sort of building ordinance in constructing his house (1799). Ff. 5-24 concerning contract to build new toluca road (1804), san Agustin de Cuebas road (1805); mentions toll-bridges, income from tolls. Ff.25-29 concerning aqueduct to supply hospital(s) in Mexico City, importing materials, indian workers for construction; mentions monthly support (doesn't say whether federal or municipal) of four pesos to maintain hospital (1800). (A. Dean, September 1989)
Keywords: 
Architecture (Civil) Architecture (Construction) Bridges (Toll) Development Plans Hospitals Labor Force (Indians) Municipal Finance Public Works
General Subjects: 
Architecture

Sobre alejar el embarcadero 30v. Mas adelante del colegio de San Carlos.

Author(s): 
Bonavia, Bernardo (Intendente)
Author(s): 
Ortiz, Joseph Damian (Maestro)
Author(s): 
Perez Maldonado, Rafael (Licenciado) (Procurador)
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
09-28-1791
Documentation: 
Mexico. September 28, 1791 to November 2, 1791. 34p. Informe. Instancia. Original, signed.
Keywords: 
Architecture (Repairs) Civil Donations Daily Life Development Plans Fiscal Affairs Municipal Administration Municipal Planning Nuns (Monjas) Public Works Sewage (Drainage) Social Welfare Transportation (Municipal) Transportation (Routes) Water Supply And Irrigation
General Subjects: 
Architecture Economics Social-Organization Technology

Documents investigating reported abuses against the poor by owners, shopkeepers and in the mines in the region of Pachuca.

Author(s): 
Bonavia, Bernardo (Intendente)
Author(s): 
Cueba, Juan Mathias de la
Author(s): 
Pino, Miguel del (Subdelegado)
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
10-03-1791
Documentation: 
San Juan de Teotihuacan, pachuca, Atotonilco el chico, Mexico. October 3, 1791 to March 2, 1793. 54p. Autos. Diligencias. Declaraciones. Denuncias, testified and certified. Informes. Letters. Originals. Signed and unsigned. Transcriptions.
Keywords: 
Biography Civil Administration Commerce (Corruption) Commerce (Stores) Corn Daily Life Disasters (Floods) Education (Language Instruction) Engineering Fiscal Affairs Food Supplies Haciendas Judicial Proceedings Labor Force (Abuses) Labor Force (Mining) Land (Tenure) Merchants (Corruption) Mines Mines (Litigation) Mines (Regulation) Political Jurisdiction Prices (Abuses) Public Works Social Classes Social Welfare Taxes Vital Statistics Water Supply And Irrigation Women
General Subjects: 
Biography Economics Ethnography Legal Mining Political Social-Organization Technology

Correspondence on the drainage-irrigation project of San Francisco, San Juan de Letran and mariscala los galos streets in Mexico.

Author(s): 
Los Angeles, Maria Anna de (Abadesa)
Author(s): 
Ciria, Marques de (Mariscal)
Author(s): 
Santa Gertrudis, Ana norta (Abadesa)
Author(s): 
and others
Date: 
06-27-1791
Documentation: 
Santa brigida, Santa isabel, Mexico. June 27, 1791 to July 25, 1791. 34p. Informes, instancias. Letters. Originals, signed.
Keywords: 
Architecture (Civil) Civil Donations Civil-Religious Relations Convents Fiscal Affairs Franciscans Health And Hygiene Hospitals Municipal Administration Municipal Planning Nuns (Monjas) Public Works Sewage (Drainage) Social Welfare Street Paving Topography (Municipal) Transportation (Vehicles) Water Supply And Irrigation Women
General Subjects: 
Architecture Economics Geography Social-Organization Technology